Jun 30 2006
Ah, drugs…
So Gene Upshaw says no to blood testing for HGH, but he has no problem with the NFL testing players for amphetamines, thus keeping the precarious balance that is labor peace stable for just a little while longer. Huzzah.
Listen, if you’re in the NFL and you only play one game a week for 6 months or less, you ought to be professional enough to know that going out on a Jim Leyritz-style bender the night before is probably a bad idea. There’s plenty of time to party during the week and the offseason. Just ask Kyle Orton. There’s no reason to be so out of it on Sunday morning that you have to pop greenies just to get yourself ready to play. Drink a couple bottles of Bawls and an extra 20 of Gatorade if you have to. It’s the same thing, and last I checked, guarana-derived caffeine isn’t illegal in the NFL.
Of course, here’s the comedy in all this — as soon as a certain drug becomes a problem in Major League Baseball, it’s the National Football League that acts on it. I wonder why that is…
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Dude, ask an honest pro football player and they’ll tell you that the clubhouse is so amped up on ADD meds (nice and legal) that some actually need a Xanex (nice and legal)to calm down before gametime.